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    resident Barack Obama wants to change the gun law to reduce the gun violence that has been troubling America for a long time. Obama wants to focus on gun sales‚ public health research‚ and school safety. Here comes the but how will America react to this? A Broken system You can go to your local supermarket and buy milk‚ ammunition‚ and a gun. This is not something that should not be on your grocery list. It is actually

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    Sveda Mr. Dickey English 1551 20 February 2013 Gun Control Issues Gun Control is one of the most controversial issues in the world today. Although gun control has always been a sensitive topic‚ the recent uprisings in gun related crimes have made it a nearly impossible issue for citizens to agree on. Over the past decade‚ crimes involving the use of firearms have been very erratic. Only recently have the crimes become more severe and consistent. Guns instill fear in people everywhere because of how

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    Gun control should not be legalized in the U.S. because it is in the constitution the Founding Fathers constructed‚ it is part of keeping the U.S. safe‚ it is the part of life in the U.S.‚ and not everyone in the U.S. should go for other people’s mistakes. Things were stated that The Constitution was created so that the whole U.S. could be together and functional. If one part of the Constitution is violated then it starts to affect other parts‚ and people’s rights get violated. The government doesn’t

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    The Effectiveness of Gun Control Will banning guns prevent crimes? In my opinion it will not. Regardless of how the government attempts to ban guns‚ people will find illegal ways to obtain it‚ as it is not hard to get them illegally. On December 19‚ 2012‚ Jeff McMahan published an opinion page on New York Times called “Why GunControl’ is Not Enough.” Jeff McMahan is a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. He is the author of “The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life” and

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    Gun Control Essay

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    necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed” (Madison‚ 1791). What does that statement mean? Is it even open to interpretation? Should it be viewed as an individual right to possess firearms‚ or should it be believed that firearms should only be possessed in times of crisis? What is the definition of a crisis? A criminal trying to steal personal property or harm a life is a crisis in most people’s book. For too long‚ many have

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    Anti Gun Control

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    century‚ guns were not an issue in the United States with many reasons contributing to this fact; however‚ guns have become a hot topic in the 21st century. Right-wing politicians promise to not take away citizens second amendment rights or villainize politicians who support gun control legislation. On the other hand‚ left-wing politicians say they will keep the American people safe and get guns out of the hands of people who will abuse the right to own a gun. With mass shootings and other gun violence

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    # 1 Gun Control According to the Coalition for Gun Control‚ last year a total of 291 people were killed by handguns in Australia‚ Sweden‚ Great Britain‚ Japan‚ and Switzerland. In the United States more than 24‚000 people will be killed by the end of this year. So what is the big difference between the U.S. and these other countries? In these other countries it nearly impossible to buy any kind of gun. In these countries there are no gun shows. In these countries you can’t buy a gun at a

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    Paula Colon Mr. Riggle Writer’s Work shop Qtr 3 5 March 2013 Gun violence is a serious issue in the United States‚ it is rated to be the highest form of crime. Vermont and New Hampshire are recorded to be the safest places to be. As for California would have to be the worst place to be around. This state has an annual of 1‚257 deaths per year. (aggregated- pulling from one resource and another and making it my own) Over the years‚ President Obama has been impacted by several tragedies that

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    Gun Control Hypothesis

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    less gun control we have will result in a decrease in murder rates. After analyzing the findings‚ the majority of the articles advocated that the correlation between gun control and murder rates is that the less gun control equals less murder rates. This is due to the fact that countries in the past have tried banning handguns but ended up with higher murder rates. An even more gun control ended up increasing the murder rates as well. In contrast‚ there are also countries that have low gun control

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    The Need for Gun Control

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    The Need For Gun Control Shortly after dusk‚ a sixteen-year-old boy stands on the street corner talking with a friend about what happened at school today between himself and another student. He nonchalantly stands there sipping his Pepsi when all of a sudden a black Honda with tinted windows drives up to the corner. The window rolls down‚ a voice calls out‚ and the boy walks up to the car. He bends down to peer into the car to see who it is when three rounds from a .38 caliber pistol rip through

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